Tagged: Local Election

Mojisola Salaudeen

Kosovo Politics and Snap Parliamentary Elections

The people of Kosovo went to the polls to vote in a snap parliamentary election on the 5th of October, its fourth parliamentary election since declaring independence in 2008. The snap election was called following Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj’s resignation after being summoned for questioning on war and post-war crimes by a Hague-based court. His […]
Mojisola Salaudeen

Tunisia Returns A Fractured Parliament

Tunisia went to the polls on Sunday the 6th of October to elect their representatives to the 217-seat Assembly, a second of such vote since the 2014 adoption of the constitution. The election came three weeks after the first round of presidential elections where the political elites were shunned. How Did Tunisians Vote? 41% of […]
Mojisola Salaudeen

Australian Lawmakers Face Election Challenge

The election of Australian lawmakers, Gladys Liu and Josh Frydenberg, is being challenged in court over Chinese-language campaign posters used during the May 2019 Australian parliamentary election. Controversial Poster The posters, which appeared at polling booths in Liu’s Chisholm and Frydenberg’s Kooyong electorates in Melbourne on election day, were printed in the same purple and […]
Farida Adamu

On Budapest Elections; What We Know

Budapest mayoral and assembly elections will hold on the 13th of October 2019 to elect the Mayor of Budapest and other members of the General Assembly. Local elections will also hold on the same day throughout other districts to determine the composition of the General Assembly, which consists of the elected Mayor (Lord Mayor), the […]
Mojisola Salaudeen

Election in German Town Sparks Outrage

The election of a neo-Nazi politician as a municipal administrator in Altenstadt-Waldsiedlung, in Hesse, central Germany has sparked outrage. Stefan Jagsch of the National Democratic Party (NDP) was unanimously elected to the post by council members on the 5th of September. Jagsch announced his election in a Facebook post on Thursday, concluding the statement with […]